David M. Carroll (born 5 January 1942) is an American

naturalist Natural history is a domain of inquiry involving organisms, including animals, fungi, and plants, in their natural environment, leaning more towards observational than experimental methods of study. A person who studies natural history is cal ...

, author and illustrator. He has contributed to

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programs in

New Hampshire New Hampshire ( ) is a U.S. state, state in the New England region of the Northeastern United States. It borders Massachusetts to the south, Vermont to the west, Maine and the Gulf of Maine to the east, and the Canadian province of Quebec t ...

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, and has worked with the

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, and the

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. He resides in

Warner, New Hampshire Warner is a New England town, town in Merrimack County, New Hampshire, United States. The population was 2,937 at the 2020 census. The town is home to Rollins State Park and Mount Kearsarge (Merrimack County, New Hampshire), Mount Kearsarge Stat ...

Awards

* 2009

National Book Award The National Book Awards (NBA) are a set of annual U.S. literary awards. At the final National Book Awards Ceremony every November, the National Book Foundation presents the National Book Awards and two lifetime achievement awards to authors. ...

Finalist, Nonfiction * 2006

MacArthur Fellows Program The MacArthur Fellows Program, also known as the MacArthur Fellowship and colloquially called the "Genius Grant", is a prize awarded annually by the MacArthur Foundation, John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation to typically between 20 and ...

* 2001

John Burroughs Medal The John Burroughs Medal, named for nature writer John Burroughs (1837–1921), is awarded each year in April by the John Burroughs Association to the author of a book that the association has judged to be distinguished in the field of natural hist ...

for distinguished

nature writing Nature writing is nonfiction or fiction prose about the natural environment. It often draws heavily from scientific information and facts while also incorporating philosophical reflection upon various aspects of nature. Works are frequently writte ...

* Environmental Merit Award from the EPA * Tudor Richards Award, from NH Audubon Society

Works

* ''The Year of the Turtle: A Natural History'', DIANE Publishing Company, 1999, * ''Trout reflections: a natural history of the trout and its world'', St. Martin's Press, 1993,
''Swampwalker's Journal: A Wetlands Year''
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2001,
''Self-Portrait with Turtles: A Memoir''
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2005,
''Following the Water: A Hydromancer's Notebook''
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2009,

References

External links

"Naturalist David Carroll Wins MacArthur Grant"
, ''NHPR'', Lisa Peakes, September 19, 2006. * (talk at Tufts University) {{DEFAULTSORT:Carroll, David 1942 births American male writers MacArthur Fellows Living people People from Warner, New Hampshire Writers from New Hampshire